page_title: Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
section_title: Passenger Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad / Passenger Operations
caption_attribution_description: Postcard depiction of the Alton Rebel of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The train was first running on the Alton Railroad and traveled from Chicago to Mobile, AL.
context_page_description: The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio was a Class I railroad in the central United States whose primary routes extended from Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, to St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as Chicago, Illinois.
  From its two parallel lines through eastern Mississippi, the GM&O also served Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as Memphis, Tennessee.
context_section_description: In addition to the GM&O's most popular train, the streamlined Rebel (New Orleans - Jackson, Tennessee 1935-1941; extended to St. Louis thereafter), the railroad also operated a number of other named trains.  These include:
  Alton Limited (later simply The Limited): (Chicago - St. Louis)
  Abraham Lincoln: (Chicago - St. Louis)
  Ann Rutledge: (Chicago - St. Louis) (operated 1937-1947 by the Alton, 1947-1971 by GM&O, 1971-2009 by Amtrak)
  Gulf Coast Rebel: (originally Mobile - Union, Mississippi, later extended to St. Louis)
  The Mail: (Chicago - St. Louis)
  Midnight Special: (Chicago - St. Louis)
  Night Hawk: (St. Louis - Kansas City)
  Prairie State Express: (St. Louis - Chicago)
  Rebel: (St. Louis - New Orleans)
caption: Postcard c. 1940 depicting one of the Rebel streamliners
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